𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲! ✨ May your holidays be filled with bright ideas, warm connections, and time to recharge. We’re grateful for our curious, creative community and wish you a season full of wonder and discovery.

Could Stranger Things actually hint at real physics? @lsuphysastro.bsky.social Prof. Jorge Pullin weighs in on the strange world of parallel universes and the real theories behind the hit series in Nature. 🧠✨ Turns out the Upside Down would be kind of boring. nature.com/articles/d41...

As commencement comes to a close, we congratulate our College of Science graduates on the hard work and perseverance that brought them here and the curiosity and determination that will carry them forward.🎓 #LSU25 #GeauxScience

A quick snapshot from #AGU2025, where there’s no shortage of exciting Earth and space science. With just two days left, stop by the LSU and Geology booth to connect with our researchers.

🎓 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮 Graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry & B.F.A. in Studio Art, Ella blends science and creativity. From crystal research to a Met Museum internship, she’s on her way to a PhD in Chemistry. Way to Geaux, Ella! 💜🐯

Congrats to Prof. Mette Gaarde @lsuphysastro.bsky.social on being named an LSU Boyd Professor! 🎉 An internationally recognized leader in physics, she is also the Fall 2025 LSU College of Science Commencement Speaker. 🔗 bit.ly/4ajnVFB

Congratulations to Dr. Irene Marti Gil, Education Outreach Coordinator for the LSU Museum of Natural Science, on being named a 2025 Sound Science Fellow by @NCSE! One of just six scholars nationwide, she’ll help strengthen K–12 science education. 👏

Because liquids lack fixed structure, their ultrafast solute–solvent interactions have been difficult to observe. Researchers at Ohio State and @lsu.bsky.social now show that high-harmonic spectroscopy can capture molecular “handshakes.”@pnas.org https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/12/hhs-pnas.php

It’s the first day of finals, and we’re cheering you on! You’ve put in the work, asked the tough questions, finished the labs, and pushed through every challenge — now it’s time to show what you know. You’ve got this, Tigers! 🐯

Finals start next week! We asked students what recharges them and what they’re proud of this semester, a great reminder to pause and appreciate your progress. Take a breath, recharge, and recognize how far you’ve come. You’ve got this, Tigers! 💜💛🐯

Paws what you’re doing… 🐶💛💜 Therapy dogs from Bayou Buddies returned for another amazing Take a Paws, helping students unwind before finals! Thanks to the pawsome pups, volunteers, and every student who stopped by for smiles, wags, and puppy kisses. #HealthyMindsStrongScience

Registration is OPEN for Geaux Science Explorations: STEM & Stories! Join LSU scientists for hands-on, story-time adventures in science & math! 📅 Jan 31 | 10:30–11:45 AM 📍 Main Library, Eden Park, LSU Center for River Studies 📝 Register by Jan 16 🔗 bit.ly/44Btprn

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social, Director of the LSU MNS, on being named a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences! An ichthyologist studying fishes worldwide, he’s described 15 new species, published 5 books and 150+ papers, and is a passionate science communicator. 🌎🐟

Hosting @karen-crow.bsky.social here at LSU as our seminar speaker for the Division of Cellular, Developmental and Integrative Biology. Don’t miss her talk at 3:30pm 🧬!! @lsuscience.bsky.social

Male corals outnumber females in Baja California’s acidified waters. Michael Hellberg’s new NSF grant uses fieldwork, genomics, and AI to reveal why—and how these sex-specific strategies help corals endure a changing ocean. https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/10/hellberg-baja-corals-nsf.php

If you're curious about #LSU's new scanning transmission electron microscope, the most advanced microscope in Louisiana, you're not alone. It's a BIG deal (almost 13' tall). www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/10... @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuvetmed.bsky.social @lsu-cce.bsky.social

What happens when LSU researchers in biology and chemistry tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance? They find innovative new ways, and iron homeostasis pathways, that may serve as the foundation of a future class of drugs! Learn more with our first ever Research Comic! 🦠

Bird-safe glass on the new @lsuscience.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Science Building! The repeated 2 inch vertical pattern should help minimize window collisions 🥰🐦‍⬛🪟

Evolution is happening all around us, including in the biochemistry research lab. Check out this highly collaborative work about cyanobacteria, #photosynthesis, quinones, and Vitamin E. It was so much fun to work on this project! @lsuscience.bsky.social www.jbc.org/article/S002...

New from Drs. Isabelle Neylanm & Ana Salgado, @rujutavaidya.bsky.social, & rockstar @lsuscience.bsky.social undergraduate Cullen Guillory: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In our newest paper, we show that expression of a familial natural short sleep mutation in flies extends lifespan through enhanced mitochondrial physiology. First first-author paper for former graduate student Pritika Pandey! @pritika26.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

New study in Science Advances by @lsu.bsky.social geologist Brandon Shuck @seismoshuck.bsky.social shows the Cascadia subduction zone breaking apart in pieces—shedding light on ancient microplates, volcanic activity, and seismic hazards. More: www.lsu.edu/science/news... @lsuresearch.bsky.social

Congrats to LSU Boyd Professor Susanne Brenner, awarded the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal by the European Academy of Sciences! She’ll also speak at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians–the 1st LSU faculty invited since 1970. Read more https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/09/brenner-2025.php

“We evolved from fishes. We do what we do, including breathing through lungs, having nostrils that fill those lungs, having arms and legs, and big brains, all of which came from our aquatic ancestors. So did kidneys, lungs, and being able to pee!”— @prosanta.bsky.social

The lab’s research on house sparrows & Eurasian tree sparrows is featured in Chapter 2 of David Stipp’s new non-fiction book, “Why Rats Laugh and Jellyfish Sleep: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution," available September 23: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david... 🤩🐦📖🧪

#LSU Research Highlights celebrates growing research programs for student success and the discovery of how cysteine can trigger “a calorie-burning furnace”: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-gojktt... #ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to LSU Ph.D. student Marquise Henry, named a 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellow! Studying how brains shape behavior in house sparrows 🐦🧠 & mentoring the next generation, Marquise proves great science is a team effort. More here: https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/08/hhmi-gilliam-fellow.php

🧠 The hippocampus gets all the memory credit—but what about the entorhinal cortex? With a new $1.8M NIH grant, LSU neuroscientist Juhee Haam is uncovering hidden brain rhythms that could reshape how we understand memory & Alzheimer’s. 👉 https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/08/haam-nih.php

A great feature on the work DOCS' Matt Hiatt and some of his @lsu.bsky.social colleagues are doing in the Mississippi Delta

Living near a thermal waste treatment facility changes your body, #LSU research shows. Learn more about the work with the community in Colfax, Louisiana, published in Experimental Biology and Medicine: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/08... @lsuscience.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

From finding new ways to convert waste heat into electricity to understanding how proteins and sugars interact in plant cells—meet our five #LSU NSF CAREER winners: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/06... #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social

Please share! Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026. If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/

Congratulations to Prof. John Pojman, Chair of #LSUChemistry, on being elected a 2024 @aaas Fellow! Honored for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry and innovations ranging from 3D tumor testing to feral pig control. bit.ly/4caDXAi #GeauxScience

Explore #LSU Research Highlights on growing partnerships with national labs; new antibiotics; value of funding science: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-siihiu... @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuvetmed.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social #WBTTW

After adjustmenst, the ISI goes back in the can again for transportation to the interferometer to be installed next week at LIGO Livingston.

On its historic final voyage to drill into the mantle, @lsu.bsky.social Professors Shuck and Poulaki were aboard the JOIDES Resolution, bringing back groundbreaking mantle rocks that could reshape our understanding of this vast, largely unexplored layer of Earth. www.lsu.edu/science/news...

Did you know there is a leaf cutter ant native to the southeastern US? Atta texana, the Texas leaf cutter ant, is found from Louisiana to Mexico, and can form massive colonies of millions of ants! Like tropical leaf cutter ants, they use plant material to “farm” a fungus that they eat 🍄‍🟫 🍃 🐜

What a beautiful day in the Delta! MissDelta researchers surveyed channels in Pass-a-Loutre and the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, measuring water volume and sediment transfer. Their goal? To help map where sediment carried by the #MississippiRiver goes as it enters the Gulf. #MissDeltaScience

It was time for some hard-core science last Friday when a group of MissDelta student and faculty researchers from Grambling State University visited research facilities, including labs at the @lsuscience.bsky.social, the @theh2oinstitute.bsky.social and the LSU Center for River Studies

Our preprint is out! Kudos to @josanesousa.bsky.social, @gabrielalima19.bsky.social, @perezlouise.bsky.social and undergraduate prodigy Hannah Shof! By comparing Polypterus fin and axolotl limb we find shared and new regeneration programs. @lsuscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

NOTE! Few days left for applying to this postbacc opportunity @tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social @jembrown.bsky.social @clattin.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social

A few of my lab members & I helped out at Kids' Day at the Museum at the @lsumns.bsky.social a few weeks back, teaching local 4th-6th graders about neurobiology and the kinds of research we do in our lab @lsubiosci.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social ❤️💪🧪

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Tissue and DNA samples at the LSU Museum of Natural Science stored at -187°C (-305°F)! This is the largest collection of genetic resources in the world! 🧬 @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

Big breakthrough in quantum matter! A team from @math.lsu.edu & @lsuphysastro.bsky.social found a way to trap electrons using smart imperfections in graphene—no rigid structures needed! Their approach could transform quantum computing & advanced tech. Learn more: bit.ly/4gVfdgg #WBTTW

@lsuscience.bsky.social SeYeon Chung, PhD, conducts research that could help uncover the causes of birth defects, the leading cause of infant mortality. Critical funding for her research lab is on hold, stalling progress (1/2)

Huge congrats to my student Jeffrey on defending his Ph.D! It's been a true joy to mentor him & see him grow as a scientist. So proud of his accomplishment & excited to see what's next for him! @lsuscience.bsky.social

Congrats to #LSUChemistry Asst. Prof. Víctor García-López for being named a 2025 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award recipient! 🎉 The honor recognizes promising early-career researchers in organic chemistry. Learn more: bit.ly/4hEVuTf

I visited the LSU Museum of Natural Science, presented a research seminar, toured their collections, and met some wonderful scientists and students. @lsuscience.bsky.social @prosanta.bsky.social

February 8, 2025, gave us clear skies and incredible views! 🔭✨ We spotted the Moon in detail, Jupiter shining bright, and even some deep-space nebulas. Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Landolt Astronomical Observatory—see you at the next one! @lsuphysastro.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social